Weather Records on 18 January 1998

887 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1998. Highest significance: Cardara, KZ.

Key Facts for 18 January 1998

On 18 January 1998, 887 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
364 were record highs and 149 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 840 daily.
Cardara set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 18 January 1998.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

887 stations

887 station records on 18 January 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cardara	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St. Anna Parochie	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogkarspel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oudemirdum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nagoya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Overveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gifu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
De Cocksdorps	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
De Koog	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen (Nh)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Enkhuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Den Oever	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kornwerderzand	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kreileroord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vlieland_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Jaiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zaandijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lisse	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gatos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cdu Katherine Rural Campus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oost Vlieland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Negros Admrty Is/Momote S	Papua New Guinea	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Tecomate	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wijk_Aan_Zee_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mucuri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morioka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shionomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Duquesa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gourdon	France	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nilo Pecanha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Takayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nikko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hoogwoud	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burney	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Omaezaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Provo Byu	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carlos Chagas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muroran	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miyako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ishinomaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

887 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 203, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 335, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 18 January 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	203
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	335
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 18 January 1998 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 44, daily 840.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

746 broken records

Margins by which the 746 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 1998

Top 20 records on 18 January 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 1998	Cardara, KZ	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 January 1998	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 January 1998	Breckenridge, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	St. Anna Parochie, NL	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	Climax, US	daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	101 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	92 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	Hoogkarspel, NL	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	Oudemirdum, NL	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	Nagoya, JP	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	Overveen, NL	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	Gifu, JP	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	De Cocksdorps, NL	monthly rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	De Koog, NL	monthly rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	Bergen (Nh), NL	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	Enkhuizen, NL	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	Den Oever, NL	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	Kornwerderzand, NL	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	Kreileroord, NL	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	Leeuwarden_1, NL	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1998	Middle Point, AU	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1795 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1998. 1998 had 887 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-18 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1804	2
1809	1
1828	2
1834	2
1838	2
1841	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1858	2
1863	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1879	1
1883	1
1886	2
1887	2
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1893	5
1894	8
1895	3
1896	7
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	4
1902	1
1903	2
1904	21
1905	16
1906	30
1907	8
1908	15
1909	5
1910	50
1911	101
1912	5
1913	58
1914	30
1915	57
1916	53
1917	53
1918	65
1919	38
1920	109
1921	72
1922	28
1923	166
1924	62
1925	188
1926	233
1927	233
1928	451
1929	588
1930	951
1931	235
1932	221
1933	343
1934	136
1935	400
1936	385
1937	475
1938	194
1939	285
1940	1,364
1941	277
1942	617
1943	1,380
1944	589
1945	363
1946	1,142
1947	290
1948	717
1949	664
1950	1,184
1951	748
1952	440
1953	444
1954	347
1955	487
1956	387
1957	830
1958	345
1959	613
1960	561
1961	287
1962	652
1963	478
1964	302
1965	537
1966	369
1967	523
1968	508
1969	616
1970	796
1971	953
1972	729
1973	1,334
1974	1,077
1975	822
1976	835
1977	2,053
1978	1,365
1979	997
1980	517
1981	1,072
1982	1,267
1983	581
1984	1,630
1985	536
1986	1,359
1987	1,419
1988	825
1989	679
1990	1,536
1991	612
1992	718
1993	1,383
1994	2,673
1995	907
1996	2,155
1997	1,026
1998	887
1999	909
2000	1,141
2001	639
2002	554
2003	826
2004	662
2005	807
2006	1,229
2007	2,059
2008	947
2009	682
2010	720
2011	755
2012	914
2013	709
2014	442
2015	526
2016	599
2017	799
2018	1,032
2019	490
2020	932
2021	371
2022	423
2023	941
2024	1,075
2025	988
2026	351

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	701
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1